i have been thinking of loading a 1 1/8 ounce of #3 or #2 in a 23/4 inch cheddite hull with 35grains of steel powder, b&p 32 wad and a fed 209a primer, does anyone out there use this load or have had it tested. i will be shooting it through a fabarm xlr 5 proofed to 1630 bar. It fits perfectly with a good depth of crimp.

Seems like a lot of powder to me. I have a cheddite 2.75" 1 1/8 load that uses a MM and 32 grains with a medium strength primer (ched) at 1470fps and 11,500psi I think it was. 35 and a high power primer seems to be up there, not sure how much pressure drop there is with that wad though.

Too much powder with the B&P and Fed 209A for SAMI specs. BPI lists a load with 34 gr steel and CCI 209M's and their LBC 43 wad. I've tried it like this and blow the primers out. Possibly the pockets aren't sized down enough to hold the CCI's, they are some of the smallest diameter primers, or just high pressure. Cheddite or Fiocchi primers do just fine though. The loads I have seen for the B&P 32 usually use less powder and list higher pressures than with LBC or RSI wads. Chris has a pet load in these hulls for 1 1/8oz and should chime in.

activ hull 23/4 with 34 grains and rsi wad with fed 209a primer and 11/8 of shot has published psi of 10900 1520 fps so with b and p wad the pressure would be even higher, subbing band p wads for rsi recipes is like adding at least 2 grains of powder too the rsi recipe's. just by subbing the wad and all else being the same. activ 23/4(34 grains asteel and rsi wad 11/8 oz of steel shot, win209 primer 1465 fps and 8,300psi published data) if sub the band p wad you end up with the load that chris likes to shoot,but he uses cheddite primer in cheddite hulls.the cheddite primer is close to the old winchester 209 primers for hottness of primer(rsi says that you can sub the cheddite with no problems in there recipes).

boxlock wrote:Rsi 66 lists 34 grains of steel, 209a primer and sam1 wad with 1 1/8 @ 10,000 psi, how much more pressure would 1 more grain of powder and the subbibg of a bap wad add ?

activ hull 23/4 with 34 grains and rsi wad with fed 209a primer and 11/8 of shot has published psi of 10900 1520 fps so with b and p wad the pressure would be even higher, subbing band p wads for rsi recipes is like adding at least 2 grains of powder too the rsi recipe's. just by subbing the wad and all else being the same. activ 23/4(34 grains asteel and rsi wad 11/8 oz of steel shot, win209 primer 1465 fps and 8,300psi published data) if sub the band p wad you end up with the load that chris likes to shoot,but he uses cheddite primer in cheddite hulls.the cheddite primer is close to the old winchester 209 primers for hottness of primer(rsi says that you can sub the cheddite with no problems in there recipes).

taking that info further rsi 66 same hull as above load but from 34 grains to 30 grains of asteel and has the bandp wad 11/8 version and not the rsi wad which is in use with #66 and has fed209 like above published gold medal load the psi for #66 is 10,000 precision reloadings published data for gold medal and 4 less grains and b and p wad has 11000 psi. thats 1000 psi higher with bandp wad with 4 grains less of asteel . so if put 5 grains on top of that combo that load is going to be hot and a your prized gun will loose some years of use from using that hot load.

you take dog walkers info with cheddite hull/primer with 31 grains csd 118 wad 10,100 psi and swap to fed209a and 4 more grains the results will be the same.

the only time that you will have problems with cheddite primers or winchester primers is when the temps get in teens and windchills are below zero then the powder will not be ignited properly and the velocity's will be alot lower. when it gets super cold i use loads with fed209a primer and asteel powder or the regular 800x loads with win 209 primers both those combo's take me to way below zero without any problems at all.